Tegan’s Top Ten Children’s Books

Here is a great exercise: Write down your top 10 children’s books. Last year, one of the owners of Queen Anne Books had everyone on staff do it, and we had five minutes. The whole time I was agonizing.

When you look back, you immediately realize you forgot some great ones. You may start reprioritizing, but there is something to be said about that first-draft list and the significance of those books in your life. In the spirit of that exercise, I present to you my five-minute version of (drum roll please)…

My Top 10 Children’s Picture Books OF ALL TIME:

– Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

– Blueberries for Salby Robert McCloskey

– Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry